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California ZEV Planning Collaboration Efforts

This page last updated October 22, 2018

To date, California’s
zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) Program, including the ZEV Regulation and
complimentary state policies and incentives, has resulted in the
placement of several hundred thousand ZEVs and plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles (PHEV) on California roads and a growing network of EV
charging and hydrogen fueling stations. The ZEV Program has also
influenced ZEV policy around the world. However, if California is
to achieve its long term air quality (criteria pollutant) and climate
change (greenhouse gas emissions) goals, ZEVs and PHEVs will have to
represent nearly 100 percent of new vehicle sales in California
by 2050. To achieve these goals, California’s leadership is
collaborating with state, national and international partners to
address challenges to ZEV market expansion, including global technology
development and cost reduction. There is much to learn from each
region’s experience, and these joint efforts will be important in
tackling the remaining hurdles to ZEV growth in California and beyond.
California’s collaborative efforts are described below.

California ZEV Action Plan

In March 2012, Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-16-12
directing state government to help accelerate the market for
zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in California. This executive order
established several milestones on the path toward 1.5 million ZEVs in
California by the year 2025. The ZEV Action Plan, first created in 2013,
identified those specific strategies and actions that state government
will need to take to meet the milestones of the executive order. In 2016 the ZEV Action Plan was updated with an outline of progress to date and new actions state agencies will take in continued pursuit of the milestones.

Multi-state ZEV MOU

In
October 2013, California signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with 7 other states to collaborate on strategies for transforming the
transportation sector over the next 11 years, with the ultimate goal
being to significantly reduce greenhouse gas and smog‑causing
emissions. Since then, interested stakeholders, including state
regulators, the auto industry, infrastructure developers, and others
have shared information and best practices to help move this
groundbreaking effort forward.

International ZEV Alliance

The
International ZEV Alliance (ZEV Alliance) is a collaboration of
national and subnational governments working together to accelerate the
adoption of ZEVs around the world. The participants
set ambitious, achievable long-term targets for ZEV deployment, take
actions to achieve those targets as appropriate in each jurisdiction,
and encourage and support other jurisdictions in setting and achieving
ambitious ZEV targets.

The ZEV Alliance counts among its membership California and several
other U.S. states, all of whom are also members of the Multi-state ZEV
MOU Task Force.